# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mary-rose-oakar
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:17:41.619Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mary-rose-oakar"
name: "Mary Rose Oakar"
slug: "mary-rose-oakar"
description: "Mary Rose Oakar was an American Democratic politician who was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio, serving from 1977 to 1993. Oakar was the first Arab American woman, first Syrian American, and first Lebanese American woman to serve in Congress. She was also the first Democratic woman elected to the United States Congress from that state. Oakar later served as a member of the Ohio State Board of Education."
tagline: "American politician (1940–2025)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/MROakar.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Politicians"
  slug: "politicians"
profileType:
  name: "Politician"
  slug: "politician"
birthDate: "1940-03-05"
deathDate: "2025-09-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           10.08661066666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Mary Rose Oakar"
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    title: "ماري روز أوكار"
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    title: "ماری روز اواکار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mary Rose Oakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rose_Oakar"
    title: "Mary Rose Oakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "مری رز اکار"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mary Rose Oakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Mary Rose Oakar"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Rose_Oakar"
    title: "Mary Rose Oakar"
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    title: "Mary Rose Oakar"
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    title: "మేరీ రోజ్ ఓకర్"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump